Sheamus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHAY-mus
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Sheamus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Sheamus mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Irish Séamus, a form of James
“supplanter”
A spelling of Séamus, the Irish form of James, which comes from Jacob.
Is Sheamus a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheamus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sheamus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Sheamus, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had fewer boys named Sheamus than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Sheamus in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 169 boys in the US were given Sheamus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,088, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Sheamus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Sheamus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Salem, Musa, Zamir, Kayden, Aiden, Brayden, Abdiel, Declan, Raiden, Hamza, Ronan, Cohen
Other spellings of Sheamus
Names related to Sheamus
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sheamus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sheamus, updated 20 October 2026.